Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Michelle Singletary Washington Post November 18, 2018 When will discrimination die?I keep hoping there will come a time when the color of my skin doesn’t dictate how I’m treated — especially as I shop for loans.But that day has yet to come. Once when I was buying a car, I asked the salesman to give me a quote on the interest rate were I to take the dealer’s financing. Advertisement At the time, the average rate for a used auto loan was about 5 percent. I had good income and exceptional credit scores. After pulling my credit report, the salesman said he could offer me 10 percent. Get Talking Points in your inbox: An afternoon recap of the day’s most important business news, delivered weekdays. Thank you for signing up! Sign up for more newsletters here “That’s awfully high,” I said. (The salesman … [Read more...] about Machines, too, discriminate against black and Latino homebuyers

By Carolyn Said Updated 4:00 am PST, Sunday, November 4, 2018 Chew prepares a plant-based chicken melt sandwich at the Veg Hub. “That money was a blessing,” he says of his $20,000 loan from the Runway Project. Chew prepares a plant-based chicken melt sandwich at the Veg Hub. “That money was a blessing,” he says of his $20,000 loan from the Runway Project. Photo: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle Buy photo Customers enjoy plant-based lunches at the Veg Hub in Oakland, whose owner received business and marketing advice from the Runway Project. Customers enjoy plant-based lunches at the Veg Hub in Oakland, whose owner received business and marketing advice from the Runway Project. Photo: Photos By Jessica Christian / The Chronicle Buy photo GW “Chef” Chew prepares a plant-based chicken melt sandwich at the … [Read more...] about Startup loans to black entrepreneurs to ‘interject some balance in capitalism’

By Melia Russell Updated 7:37 pm PDT, Friday, October 12, 2018 Two San Francisco tech moguls worth $12 billion between them got into a heated exchange of tweets Friday over a city ballot measure aimed at ending homelessness. Jack Dorsey, the head of Square and Twitter, took to the social app he runs to express his opposition to Proposition C, drawing ire from its most vocal supporter, Salesforce chief Marc Benioff. I want to help fix the homeless problem in SF and California. I don’t believe this (Prop C) is the best way to do it. I support Mayor @LondonBreed and @Scott_Wiener’s commitment to address this the right way. Mayor Breed was elected to fix this. I trust her. https://t.co/EsxapfDvtI— jack (@jack) October 12, 2018 Prop. C, which appears on the Nov. 6 ballot, would tax the biggest businesses in San Francisco to raise as much as $300 million for homeless programs. Benioff on Monday came out strong for Prop. C, pledging at least $2 million of … [Read more...] about Benioff, Dorsey battle on Twitter over SF ballot measure to help homeless